Wednesday, January 30, 2008

teddybearification

noun. A process that is either adorable or terrifying, depending on--among other factors--if you the teddybearified are a human being or fabric swatch.Real citation: "This episode gave us:Mutual cannibalismA teacher that bites toddlersSome nasty damn hammer toesDeath by teddybearificationA group sex eulogyA cute puppyDayum."(CarpalFunnel, Jan. 29, 2008, "Nip/Tuck: Plot Holes Are A Curse Upon The World," Television Without Pity,http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=2864952&view=findpost&p=9646673)

Made-up citation: "Senator, how will your views on interrogation, teddybearification, immigration, and Beavis and Buttheadification change the tone in Washington and transform health care? You have two minutes to respond."

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Mark Peters (better known as wordlust on Twitter) is a euphemism-collector for Visual Thesaurusand a blogger for Oxford University Press. Formerly, this blog was a collection of rare, raw, real words. Now it's the forever home for orphaned humor pieces and encore tweets.